Hey yall! It’s been another great year in ol’ P-town. It started off with our school musical, Oklahoma! I played the role of Ado Annie and thoroughly enjoyed becoming a crazy character onstage. (It was rumored that the show was one of the top three musical productions ever produced at Poway High School.)

On another musical note, (sorry for the cheesy pun), our Die Lieder choir traveled to New York this year for our annual festival tour. Although our performance in the Lincoln Center was fun, I primarily enjoyed roaming around the city, discovering where the best cheesecake is made, and even having a hard-core snowball fight in Central Park.


It was incredibly freezing for a true-Californian like me, but all worthwhile because after all, it’s New York…the best city in the world. J

This summer was also awesome, but the highlight would have to be our trip to Hawaii. It had all the aspects of a vacation I could possibly want: beautiful beaches, interesting streets to explore, colorful sunsets, fascinating wildlife completely different from that of California, and even the city-life that I love in Honolulu. An added bonus was the many coffee farms for which Kona is so famous. The best shot I captured on the vacation was of a gecko in the back garden area of the Mauna Loa factory.

Well I’m now almost halfway through my senior year of high school. I still have a lot of homework, still try to cram in as much as possible into my schedule, yet still have fun with my friends.  I’m having the best year of high school yet. It’s hard to believe, but “Lil’ Foote” will soon be off to college. For all of you wondering out there, I plan to major in music with an emphasis in arts ministries. From there on, I have to trust the Lord to reveal the path He wants me to take in life. As for now, I’m enjoying my last year at home, but still looking forward to an exciting future.

Here I am at La Brea Tar pits. Don't worry- the lions were quite friendly there.

Fooling around in downtown Hollywood...  Despite the fact that Elvis didn't really look like Elvis, and Marilyn Monroe wasn't all that nice, I still had to donate money just to take a stinkin' picture.

Here I am with my friend Rebecca at the last Madrigal Dinner extravaganza of my high school career. *sniff*